The Dillon tribune., 1887-06-17
PATRoNYM'cs OF MANY KINDS.


Tho devil has got stuck was tho
surprising statement Of a German grocer
the other day.
v 'Goe stslckI Well, that Is news, y said
the reporter who overheard the remarl.
"How did that happen?''
NJ ''Oh, you 'misunderxtand! I said he l,as
got Stock-not stuck. He has been after
him for some time:
''Y0u riacang that Mr.. Stock Is deml:.'
askedsthc re,,<xter. z Il.
The Gsrlnan was so ap,uscl that ho
was Unable to reply for 4 minute or two.
being nearly chokel with laughter. II
mean that my neigl,hor, Teufel. the
butcher, has been trying for sou,s time to
'htrDa man AnsRueA stuck, With whom I
al ac4IaiuteR aH1 llaG 4 Est snccecdetl s.iI !
in. ngaging him. Now, do YOU catch
oni''
ahs quee5est, = AidAhdxepostk. !. ~
lit is respectable German surname.
opd no stranger than many other family
names would appear ii converted into
English said the grocer. '.For instance,
v know man named Zehfuss-toeFnail.
Then We have, .Dei&lss, which means
three fett; La'iesSeill, long legs; Ochsen-
hirt, Ok herd; Kleinl,ans, little Jack;
Wolfpl,lagsr. wolf liller; Hundstlut,
dogs blood; Pfankuci, pancake; Gunel.
finger, crooked tingar; Schwnrzkopf.
black head; Grosskopf, big head; Kalbs-
deisch. veal; KJl0leloch. garlic: Kraut.
cabbage, and scores of others that could
naJAc. .s..a ..Gs.s.,. ..r..<E b.
''For long i,a,l,es takes these: R;emcn.
chneitler. Rlaakcnb,,hler, Schl,essel-
ln'ln,ler. sx'hnciderkrliner, Songencckcr
and Guckcrkciner. Some of the Penu-
sylvnnia Dutch Names which have been
partly transformed into English arc the
worst. Up in Armstrong county there
are several families by the name Of
ScLreckengeist, which signifies in Ger
man IL ghost or sl,ecter cf' terrible appear
:,nce. One would think the name could
he made no worse, but some OF tho people
have succeeded III transforming it into
Shriekinse,gln>st. Allliron. Morningstar,
RellefIcr and Barnloll:r are other Ger
man names v|.icl, have lvpa partly
TRANSACTED" tr
f''I don't know the origin Of sur
names, said !. literary friend, in convcr-
sation Will. the reporter. 1T is certainly
very ancient. and a mark distinguishing
civilized people from savages The
Romans had double, treble or eeon quad
ruple names, :as, forJ example, Caius
Julius C;nser, Taru,il1i,:, S,lperbus and
Quhltus, Fabi,ls, Ac1hnns. Frequently
an honorary name was added to COM
memorate solne warlikc achievement;
Fabius was called Cmctator and Scipio
Africanus. ,,rsA,t ....Es
y "Anglo Saxons appear 70 have first
given sur,,amas indicating some moral or
mental attributes, as, for instance, Wise,
Good, Swift. Jolly, Merry, Meek, Gay,
Goodman, Makepeace, etc. Then we
have names indicating real or fancicd re-
scnlblanco t. sOnlo annual, sucl, as Bear,
Lion, Wolf, Hogg, Hart aud Hare.
From physical characteristics on peculi-
arities must have originated such names
as Long, Ekoat, Black, Brown, White,
Whitehead. Crnoksl.ank. Strong, Arm
strong, I.ousfellow and Greathead. A
nickname kept ina family for q genera
tion or two becomes a patronylnic.
Hence such mines as Hopper, Jumper,
Springer, DadGysmal,. Poor and Rich.
'sThe Nc mud o Of the Irish and the
Mac Of the Scotch indicate descent.
There il another way in which the same
thing is shown: Adams son becomes
Adan,son. David's SOM Davidson, Thomp-
som. Wilson, Williamson. Donaldson,
Anderson and many other names are
similarly derived. Localities or places OF
residence originally gave rise to such
names us Hill, Dale, Wood, Green,
Greenwood. Heath, Rivers. Waters and
Parks. S,lcl. names as Welsh. French,
Irish. ireland. English and Scott may
perhaps bc trac<<. hack to the nationality
Of some remote ancestor
:.The names which were derived from
occupations are probably more numerous
than any ether cl:.ss. We all know how
widespread the Smith family is. In the
Same catego. j le!ons the Garks clerks
originality, Cooks Coopers, Bakers.
BARRIERS, Taylors.. Shocmakers. Ta:intrt;,
Farmers and others. The months or days
in which people We're born originated sucl,
names as May, June, january. March,
Friday and Monday. --~--.
1.-The inns OF old England arc probably
RESPONSIBLE for many names. For in.
stallc.,, John of the Ross, became John
Rose; Thomas of the Bell. became Tom
Bell; Richard Of the Hawk. Richard
Hawk: Henry of the 'grcatho'lse' became
Henry Grcat.,olsc, and 80 on. until there
is scarcely IL bird, animal or ether device
that ever figured on 4 signEoarsl that Is
not lcrlstuated as Il family name.
There are. perhaps, as many queer
names among the English as among any
people on earth. Dickens stories abound
in them. but very few Of his names were
manufactured. Such names Us Slaughter,
Startu,, Gotobcd, Deadman, Churchyard,
| Dogbcrry and Fudge arc found in English